SLIDE 3 The Hough-transform
- originally developed for image processing1: detection of straight lines,
later generalized to arbitrary functions/shapes2
– robust – simultaneous fitting of several lines possible
1Hough, P.V.C. (1959): Machine analysis of bubble chamber pictures. In: International conference on
high-energy accelerators and instrumentation. Gen` eve, 554-556.
2Shapiro, S.D. (1978): Feature Space Transforms for Curve Detection. Pattern Recognition, 10, 129–143. Christian R¨
- ver, Frank Klefenz and Claus Weihs: Identification of Musical Instruments by means of the Hough-Transformation
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